How should I track profits from my art sales when I need to account for the selling price, printing costs, shipping, and sales tax?

Your e-commerce platform should have an order management system where you can export all your orders for a specific time period. You can do an export of orders from a date range (for example, last month to next month) and it will create one export file with all the orders and their details. This gives you the data you need to build a spreadsheet for tracking profits. The platform’s backend should have sections for orders, billing, and all the financial information in one centralized place that you can access and export.

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Asked by a family member helping manage an artist’s business · Answered by Juan · Office Hours · 2026-08-13